I'm going to be back in CO this week working in Boulder. And will have a crew in with me from out of town also. I know there are a bunch of breweries around that do tours. Which ones do you guys recommend. My crew will be in town for a couple months.

Not a brewery but a distillery.

Leopold Bros, its an awesome experience, and very informative.

If you do the Coors tour in Golden (it's free) you'll need to get there early.  It was a two hour line on Sunday a few weeks back.

New Belgium in Fort Collins has an absolutely fantastic tour and is well worth the drive.

I'd try Avery, their new taproom is awesome.  Fate is good as well.  In FOCO New Belgium is good but sometimes hard to get on a tour without a reservation.  You also have O'Dells up there.

Avery is good....

Bootstrap Brewery in Niwot is small but have a couple nice beers.

Tasty Weasel (Oscar Blues Tap Room) in  Longmont

Lefthand Brewery in Longmont

City Star Brewery in Berthoud,

Grim Brothers in Loveland.

Big Beaver Brewery in Loveland.

Are also good.....

"NoCo Short Bus Tours" does a great tour where they'll bus you from brewery to brewery so you don't have to drive, my wife and I have done it a few times and it's always been great!

If you're in either Loveland or Fort Collins I can get you their contact info, just shoot me a PM.

Be VERY CAREFUL with "Tasty Weasel" if you're from low altitude!

They have some of my VERY favorite beers (Old Chub, G'Knight), but they're WAY strong for a flatlander drinking at altitude.

Old Chub is my go-to OB beer, best thing to do is drink a glass of water with every pint.

Thanks guys. I might need to make time to visit Avery. I need to get my white rascal fix.

Avery in Boulder is awesome - upstairs is restaurant and beer, downstairs is beer but you can also get food. 2 separate areas. Possibly the best brewery in the state except hoppy beers not outstanding.
Mountain Sun is a good place for food and beers, in Boulder, and I think they have 3 locations.

Nearby there is Powder Keg in Niwot.
Left Hand and Tasty Weasel (Oskar Blues) are within 5 minutes of each other in Longmont.

Odd13 in Lafayette is a must-see if you like hoppy beers
4 Noses is close to that and is very good- I think it's in Broomfield.

In Denver Proper, I love Great Divide, Epic, and Crooked Stave (if you like sours!).  Also Mockery, Station 26 (hoppy beers!), TRVE is a metal themed brewery.  Comrade is also very good, focus is on hoppy. Former Future, Strange Craft also worth a visit.

In Fort Collins besides New Belgium and Odells, there is Funkwerks (Belgian styles), and Horse and Dragon. Black Bottle is a sleeper hit, and Equinox is doing great things. I would skip Fort Collins Brewing.

Loveland: Grimm Brothers is good, mostly German-style. Loveland Ale Works and Big Beaver are also worth the visit. Verboten is quite good as well.

It's a drive, but Weldwerks in Greely is doing great things. Wiley Roots is nearby and also good.

If you make it down to littleton, Breckinridge is a decent little tour. They have specific times but cost is $3 and you get 1 pint and 4 tasters.

Did it yesterday around 1PM and the line was about an hour.  


 


Also did Great Divide yesterday.  Their Oatmeal Yeti Imperial....mmmmmm mmmmmmmm


 

ETA: Just realized how old this thread is.  My bad.